Re: Fischer's death again begs the question: Why is there no chess on TV now?

"David Richerby" <davidr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> David Kane <davidekane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> While I might grant that people should be on the look out for these
>> far-fetched theoretical possibilities that Mr. Richerby raises,
>> they should not be considered as serious objections absent *any*
>> sup****ting evidence.
>
> If by `sup****ting evidence', you mean an occasion on which the method
> of cheating that I described has been used, of course I can't provide
> any sup****ting evidence!  We are discussing a hypothetical change to
> the rules of chess that, to the best of my knowledge, has never been
> used in a high-level tournament.

You are permitted to argue by analogy. Really I think if you think about
it,
you will conclude that changing the scoring does not create cheating 
possibilities
that aren't already present. So the absence of widespread cheating
evidence
is meaningful.


> Dave.
>
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